Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Hi Marius, Re your questions - don't really know about those. However, please sign up for the Private Sector Advocacy listserv. You will find out soon enough that you need all the help you can get. It would be a good experience for you to post the steps you're taking every couple weeks or so. It would give some of us a kick to think we might even have some advice! I would love to know what they teach residents about coding and practice mgmt these days. When I was in residency in 1980-1983 they didn't have coding and I could make all I needed w/o trying hard. Where are you and what ever made you decide on Family Medicine? Good luck, Shirley Pigott MD Texas Hi, I am a third year resident planning to go into solo practice in 7/2007. Obviously, I am quite new to practice management. Would somebody mind clarifying wether I still need to apply for the following provider numbers? I DO have a NPI number. 1. UPIN 2. Medicare WA 3. Medicaid 4. L & I Marius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Dear Shirley, thanks for your reply. What's the private sector advocacy listserv about? I am in residency in Olympia, WA, which is one of the University of Washington-affiliated programs. Our program is quite interested in teaching us practice management. We do learn coding and bliling fom day one and we have a monthly mandatory coding club etc. Today's residency, if well organzied, does strive to prepare a resident for the time after residency. Particularly here in rural Washington, with the idea of us residents being independent solo practicioners soon, there is a focus on making us allround doctors who know more than just how to diagnose and treat. I feel well prepared to start my own IMP but get stuck with the details - a little bit OCD as I am. Thanks, Marius > > Hi Marius, > > Re your questions - don't really know about those. However, please sign up > for the Private Sector Advocacy listserv. You will find out soon enough > that you need all the help you can get. It would be a good experience for > you to post the steps you're taking every couple weeks or so. It would give > some of us a kick to think we might even have some advice! > > I would love to know what they teach residents about coding and practice > mgmt these days. When I was in residency in 1980-1983 they didn't have > coding and I could make all I needed w/o trying hard. > > Where are you and what ever made you decide on Family Medicine? > > Good luck, > > Shirley Pigott MD > Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 You actually already (probably) have a UPIN number if you have done any moonlighting. Mine is the same as when I was a resident in 1987 (gads that sounds old). You will have to apply to be a medicare provider and a medicaid provider in order to get a number. Best of luck! Lynette I Iles MD 210 South Iowa Ste 3 Washington IA 52353 Flexible Family Care 'Modern medicine the old-fashioned way' This e-mail and attachments may contain information which is confidential and is only for the named addressee. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Marius, Go to the AAFP website, sign in as a member, click on member services, then " more " , then " member discussion groups " or something like that. It's sort of self-explanatory once you get in. AAFP's Private Sector Advocacy is a listserv that's almost exclusively solo FPs. We talk more about what to do as a group about problems with managed care than practice management. It's a small group, much smaller and less traffic than this group. Shirley Pigott MD Dear Shirley, thanks for your reply. What's the private sector advocacy listserv about? I am in residency in Olympia, WA, which is one of the University of Washington-affiliated programs. Our program is quite interested in teaching us practice management. We do learn coding and bliling fom day one and we have a monthly mandatory coding club etc. Today's residency, if well organzied, does strive to prepare a resident for the time after residency. Particularly here in rural Washington, with the idea of us residents being independent solo practicioners soon, there is a focus on making us allround doctors who know more than just how to diagnose and treat. I feel well prepared to start my own IMP but get stuck with the details - a little bit OCD as I am. Thanks, Marius > > Hi Marius, > > Re your questions - don't really know about those. However, please sign up > for the Private Sector Advocacy listserv. You will find out soon enough > that you need all the help you can get. It would be a good experience for > you to post the steps you're taking every couple weeks or so. It would give > some of us a kick to think we might even have some advice! > > I would love to know what they teach residents about coding and practice > mgmt these days. When I was in residency in 1980-1983 they didn't have > coding and I could make all I needed w/o trying hard. > > Where are you and what ever made you decide on Family Medicine? > > Good luck, > > Shirley Pigott MD > Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 will need new NPI number soon as well/instead of Re: Provider numbers You actually already (probably) have a UPIN number if you have done any moonlighting. Mine is the same as when I was a resident in 1987 (gads that sounds old). You will have to apply to be a medicare provider and a medicaid provider in order to get a number. Best of luck! Lynette I Iles MD 210 South Iowa Ste 3 Washington IA 52353 Flexible Family Care 'Modern medicine the old-fashioned way' This e-mail and attachments may contain information which is confidential and is only for the named addressee. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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